IFM staff

Dr Bruce McGregor

Research interests:

Dr McGregor's research is focused on rare natural fibres including cashmere, mohair, wool and alpaca and their fundamental properties and textile quality. He has considerable experience in conducting applied and field experimentation in animal production, particularly the management, husbandry, nutrition, health, fibre production, fibre quality, processing and product marketing of rare natural fibres and associated products. He is a Program leader with the national Sheep Cooperative Research Centre. He has collaborations with a number of overseas scientists. Dr McGregor also has experience in new animal industry development including business and industry strategic planning, farmer and investor decision making, training and technology transfer.

Qualifications:

• B Agr Sc (Hons), The University of Melbourne, 1975
• PhD, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002
• Grad. Cert. Organisation Leadership, RMIT University, Melbourne, 2003
• Grad. Cert. Ornithology, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, 2011
• Cert. IV Workplace Training and Assessment, The University of Melbourne, 2002

Relevant employment history:

2008 - present: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Technology Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Australia

2001 - 2007: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

1998 - 2000: Research Associate, University of New South Wales, Sydney

1995 - 1998: Head Fibre Quality Department, Victorian Institute of Animal Science

1975 - 1995: Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture, Victoria

A list of the ten most significant relevant publications for the last five years:

1. McGregor, B.A. (2010). The influence of stocking rate and mixed grazing of Angora goats and Merino sheep on animal and pasture production in southern Australia. 1. Botanical composition, sward characteristics and availability of components of annual temperature pastures. Animal Production Science 50, 138?148, doi: 10.1071/AN09128
2. McGregor, B.A. (2010). The influence of stocking rate and mixed grazing of Angora goats and Merino sheep on animal and pasture production in southern Australia. 3. Mohair and wool production and quality. Animal Production Science 50, 168-176, doi: 10.1071/AN09186
3. McGregor, B.A. and Postle, R. (2009). Wear properties of cashmere single jersey knitted fabrics blended with high and low crimp superfine Merino wool. Textile Research Journal 79: 876-887. doi: 10.1177/0040517509103948.
4. McGregor, B.A. (2009). A review of cashmere nutrition experiments and suggestions for the design and conduct of successful experiments. Small Ruminant Research 82: 71-83, doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.01.013
5. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2009). Implications to fleece evaluation derived from sources of variation contributing to cashmere fibre curvature. Small Ruminant Research 81: 1-7, doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.08.007
6. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2008). Determinants of cashmere production: the contribution of fleece measurements and animal growth on farms. Small Ruminant Research 78: 95-105. doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.05.007
7. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2008). The effects of cashmere attributes on the efficiency of dehairing and dehaired cashmere length. Textile Research Journal 78: 486-496. doi.org/10.1177/0040517507087679.
8. McGregor, B., and Postle, R. (2008). Mechanical properties of cashmere single jersey knitted fabrics blended with high and low crimp superfine Merino wool. Textile Research Journal 78: 399-411. doi.org/10.1177/0040517507087675
9. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2008). Variation of mean fibre diameter across mohair fleeces: implications for within flock animal selection, genetic selection, fleece classing and objective sale lot building. Small Ruminant Research 75: 54-64. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.08.003
10. McGregor, B., and Postle, R. (2007). Worsted cashmere top and yarns blended with low or high curvature superfine Merino wool. Textile Research Journal 77: 792-803. doi.org/10.1177/0040517507080693
11. McGregor, B.A. (2006). Production, attributes and relative value of alpaca fleeces in southern Australia and implications for industry development. Small Ruminant Research 61: 93-111. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.07.001
12. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2004). Contribution of objective and subjective attributes to the variation in commercial value of Australian mohair and implications for mohair production, genetic improvement and mohair marketing. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 55: 1283-1298. doi: 10.1071/AR04107
13. McGregor, B.A. and Butler, K.L. (2004). Sources of variation in fibre diameter attributes of Australian alpacas and implications for fleece evaluation and animal selection. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 55: 433-442. doi:10.1071/AR03073

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